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elder

adjective as in born earlier

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noun as in older person

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The elder Williams also spent years finding and mapping ancient canals and ditches that their ancestors used to farm centuries ago.

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His elder siblings are his brother King Charles and his sister Anne, the Princess Royal.

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Strachan learned to navigate by tracking the movements of celestial bodies and hunt fish by reading the currents, building on the ancient knowledge his elders handed down.

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The elders of the sport say that momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.

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Schools and colleges set dress codes for female students and sometimes village elders bar an entire community of girls from wearing jeans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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